Du glacier au glacier rocheux, depuis la fin du Petit Âge Glaciaire, au pied du Mont Thabor (Alpes du Nord, France)

• Published in: Quaternaire
• Main Author: Monnier, Sébastien
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Association française pour l’étude du quaternaire 2009
• Subjects: cartographie géomorphologique; glacier; glacier rocheux; pergélisol; Petit Âge Glaciaire; évolution du paysage; geomorphologic mapping; Little Ice Age; permafrost; rock glacier; landscape evolution; geo; hist; Glacier Noir; Ice
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/quaternaire/1140

The Thabor‑Cheval Blanc rock glacier, at the southern end of Savoie (Northern French Alps) is a spectacular and interesting case that, according to historical informations (ancient maps and pictures), has appeared in the landscape during the last 200 years: at the end of the Little Ice Age, this are...